HistoryEARTH CONTACT PRODUCTS, L.L.C., is a family owned company, based in Olathe, Kansas. This company was built upon Don May’s U.S. Patented fourth-generation Steel Piering System that has led to the development of other foundation repair products.

Today, ECP has a complete prod-uct line of Steel Piers and Helical Torque Anchors. These products provide “The Very Best” solutions to residential, commercial or industrial foundation problems.

Our 70,000 square feet state of the art fabrication facility, with Robotic welding and CNC capabilities and certified welders, enable ECP to custom configure products to fit Engineer Specific projects.

Mission StatementEarth Contact Products, L.L.C., is the original equipment manufacturer of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office protected, fourth-generation ECP Steel Pier™ System, Helical Torque Anchor™, and related accessories. Earth Contact Products will always use the newest technology and innovation to serve our Contractor/Installers and will never compromise quality or material or premium workmanship while providing unpar-alleled product and service to our Customers. Earth Contact Products creates long-term business partnerships with Companies of the same ideals and philosophies for mutual success.

Earth Contact ProductsPhone: 913-393-0007Fax: 913-393-0008Toll Free: 866-327-0007

15612 South Keeler Terrace Olathe, Kansas 66062www.earthcontactproducts.com

“Designed and Engineered to Perform”

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Diagnosing Wall Cracks

1. Angled and Horizontal

3. Vertical and Horizontal

5. Horizontal

7. Vertical

9. Vertical wider at top

11. Vertical wider at bottom

2. Angled

4. Center Converging

6. Stair Step

8. Vertical

10. Wider at top than bottom

12. Stair Step

Bow

Bow or Settlement

Bow

Settlement or Heaving

Side Settlement

Center Settlement

Settlement

Bow or Settlement

Heave or Settlement

Settlement

Differential Settlement

Differential Settlement

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Signs of Foundation Failure Know the signs before it’s too late.

• Cracks in drywall• Doors and windows that stick• Misaligned doors and windows• Trim or molding misaligned• Water leakage through cracks at base of walls

Your Home’s Interior

• Cracks in brickwork• Gaps around doors and windows• Fascia board pulled away• Leaning or tilted chimneys

Your Home’s Exterior

• Foundation seepage• Cracks in walls• Bowed walls• Sinking foundation

Your Basement

EvaporationHot and dry conditions may cause soil to pull away from the foundation. Settlement due to this foundation mois-ture imbalance could cause cracks to appear throughout the structure.

TranspirationTree roots could dehydrate the soil beneath a home causing soil shrinkage and settlement of the home.

Plumbing LeaksWater from leaky plumbing is often a major contributor to foundation problems.

DrainageImproper drainage will lead to excess moisture build up, which could erode or consolidate soils. Excessive moisture may cause upheaval or settlement.

Poor Building Site PreparationCut and fill situations, where soil is removed from part of the lot and stacked on another, must have proper soil stabiliza-tion before the structure is con-structed; otherwise unexpected movements of the soil beneath the foundation may occur.

Poor Ground PreparationCut and fill situations should be properly prepared before structure is started or it may result in improperly compacted soil beneath the foundation.

Poor Soil ConditionsPoor soil, organic components, debris, etc., may cause expansion or consolidation, which contribute to foundation failures.

Consolidating Soil

Expansive Soil(Heaving Soil)

Evaporation

Transpiration

Plumbing Leaks

Causes of Foundation FailureWhy is it happening?

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ECP Helical Torque Anchor™ Products

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SlabFloor

Slab Bracket Lift Assembly

Torque Anchor™

Shaft

Retaining Wall TiebacksHelical Torque Anchors™ are installed to support new retaining walls or to create additional holding capacity for existing walls.Helical Torque Anchors™ size and load requirements are engineered specific.

Hydraulic Lift Slab Pier • Hydraulic lifting of large areas

• Used for commercial and residental• Mechanical version also available

Basement Tieback AnchorDesigned to stabilize and strengthen bowed or cracked basement walls on existing structures. It is also pos-sible to pull the wall back into proper alignment by excavating the soil on the exterior prior to tensioning the tieback anchors.

Extension& Coupler

Transition to All Thread Bar

Lead Sectionwith Helical Plate

Porch Pier• Designed for light structures

• Used for porches & wing walls

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Torque Anchor™Utility Bracket

This general purpose bracket attaches to existing foundations and is used to restore existing structures.

Floor Slab

Footing

Stem Wall1" ThickPile Cap

75 Square Inch Horizontal

Bearing Plate

7/8” Grade 8All-Thread

Extension and Coupler

Lead Section with Helical Plates

Side View Front View

ECP Helical Torque Anchors™

ECP Torque Anchor™ Brackets can be installed in either interior or exterior locations. ECP Torque Anchor™ Brackets stop settlement and provide structural lift. They can close cracks in masonry and restore other flaws such as separations at door and window frames caused by the settle-ment. Specific information involving the original structural design, current foundation condi-tion, soil characteristics and site survey must be considered for the final repair plan. Designing a restoration project should involve professional engineering input.

ECP Helical Torque Anchors™

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Prevent Foundation Settlement

New Construction“Don’t Build Without Torque Anchors™!”

• Prevent Future Foundation Settlement.

• Protect Your New Home Investment.

• Save Money Now by Preventing Expensive Future Foundation Repair!!

New Construction Foundation SupportPlaced on anchors below the footing and tied to rebar before concrete is poured. Helical Torque Anchor™ size and load requirement are engineered specific.

Single LeadTAH-150

Double LeadTAF-288

Triple LeadTAF-288

ExtensionTAE-150

Pile CapTAB-150-NC

“Don’t Build Without Torque Anchors™!”

Soil Nails

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In many construction projects soil nails are used to retain the unstable soil mass. To accomplish this, soil nails are in-stalled in an evenly spaced close geometric pattern. When installing a soil nail stabilization project, the soil nail installa-tions and the excavation must be accomplished in incremental depths of 4 to 6 feet until the final depth of cut is accom-plished. Usually only one increment can be completed per day. Immediately following the incremental excavation of the soil and the soil nail installations, the vertical face of the soil is covered with a steel reinforced coating of shotcrete.

Soil nails are passive structural elements and are not tensioned after installation. The soil nail gains pullout resistance from within the sliding soil mass in front of the slip plane and the stable soil mass located behind the slip plane. The geometric system of soil nail placements creates an internally reinforced soil mass that is stable. Notice that each soil nail shaft has a great number of helical plates with the same diameter. These helical plates are evenly spaced along the entire length of the shaft. By comparison, a tieback anchor has one or more helical plates situated at the tip of the tieback. These helical plates generally increase in diameter along the shaft away from the tip. Once a tieback anchor lead section is installed, extensions without helical plates are used to extend the helical plates at the tip to the target depth. Soil nails, on the other hand, will always have identical evenly spaced, small diameter helical plates along the entire shaft from beginning to end.

Soil nails may be the product of choice in applications where the vibrations from installing sheet piling or “H” piles may cause structural distress to nearby structures. Soil nails are generally installed to a shallower depth than tiebacks, which might be an advantage if deeply installed tiebacks have to cross property lines and/or terminate under structures owned by other parties; or be otherwise obstructed.

Soil nails work very efficiently in medium dense to dense sand with Standard Penetration Test values, ”N” > 7 blows per foot. They also are suited for low plasticity cohesive soil (clays) with SPT values of “N” > 8 blows per foot, which also have soil cohesion values exceeding 1,000 psf through the entire depth of soil to be stabilized.

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“ECP manufactures the finest Foundation Repair Products and Helical Torque Anchors™ available on the market today. Supe-rior engineering and design make our products the most efficient and cost effective for you, the contractor, and your customers.” - Don May